“But this could really mess up the group because no one knows what might happen next. It’s a bulls**t situation.”

The match came three days after caretaker boss Gareth Southgate took charge of his first game for England, also against Malta.

Dele Alli, whose girlfriend is undies model Ruby Mae, and Daniel Sturridge scored in that 2-0 win.
Sources say crooks took advantage of the hype over England’s next match in Slovenia to try to fix Lithuania vs Malta the same night.

GRAEME SWANN

World Cup fix

TAKE 'EM OUT

No-nonsense Alastair Cook insists cricket's match-fixers should pay ultimate price and be banned for life

Banished Danish hits out

'Pakistan cricketers should publish their bank accounts to prove they're not crooked'

Watch the best of the Premier League Saturday action in our Daily Round-Up

Asian gangs often target smaller games to make millions. In 2013 Europol claimed a Singapore-based syndicate had directed match-fixing for at least 380 games in Europe alone, making at least £6.9million.

Malta FA president Norman Darmanin Demajo said: “The evaluation of the report says there was overwhelming evidence that people in betting had prior knowledge that Malta would lose by at least two goals.”

Malta FA president Norman Darmanian Demajo spoke of overwhelming evidence that people in betting knew Malta would lose

A Lithuanian Football Federation (LFF) spokesman said: “We were only made aware of this matter a few days after the game following public statements made by the Maltese FA.
“There hasn’t been any suggestion or suspicions from Fifa regarding any involvement of anyone related to our team. We hope the investigations will be concluded swiftly by the relevant authorities.”
An LFF source said inquiries should be directed at Malta adding: “We don’t see this as our problem.